-Requirements met for a Talent upgrade. Merging Acrobatics, Acceleration, Agility, Dexterity, Reflexes, Stamina, Strength, and Sturdy...
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Fitness (Mythic): (X)
Effects:
-Speed increased by 20000%
-Jumping strength increased by 20000%
-Balancing ability improved by 20000%
-Flexibility improved by 20000%
-Time to reach maximum speed reduced by 20000%
-Reaction time improved by 20000%
-Resistance to physical fatigue +20000%
-Full-body muscular ability +20000%
-Immunity to the effects of knockback
-Wall-scaling improved by +20000%
-Ability to redirect your velocity in another direction +20000%
-Your hands can be used with 20000% finer detail and grace.
X-Rank Bonus Effects:
-Narrowly dodging an attack grants you a 30% speed boost for ten seconds. Duration is tripled if you dodge a life-threatening attack.
-Accelerated Reflexes: When faced with killing intent or targeted by physical or magical attacks, time is slowed by 96 times from the Host's perspective only.
-Reflexive Learning: When narrowly dodging one or multiple attacks, one random attack within one meter of the Host will be selected and be partially comprehended by ten percent.
It was enough to move around, but anything faster than a snail's pace was too much for the World and he could sense that he would trigger another Tribulation soon.
In that case, I guess now is a better time than ever. System, upgrade my Chaos Affinity.
William planned to take the Chaos upgrade one step at a time, scared that the Legendary Element would have too great an impact on his lifespan and kill him without even realizing it.
-50000 PP
Spells of various Elemental origins were cast from within William's body, much like before, except this time they could hardly create a scratch in William's skin. His body was incredibly powerful at this point, and even S-Rank Elements weren't enough to cause serious damage.
The Fire and Earth Elements, which were both SS-Rank, opened their Domains at the same time and turned the ambient Mana against William, stabbing at him from both inside and out with Earth Spikes while the air turned sauna hot and tried to burn him.
"You've gotta be kidding me, guys. You should know that I'm very heat resistant." William scoffed at their poor attempt at killing their Master. His words seemed to trigger some negative thoughts from the Elements, as they became even more intent at attacking him, even drawing a little bit of blood here and there.
Regardless, his Regeneration, no... Recovery Talent didn't have to do much work, patching up the damages before they could cause any serious harm. In William's head, he could slightly sense the condition of his cells, noticing that he was nowhere near the limit of 960 years' worth of injuries.
Even if the Elements attacked him like this for hours, he would only lose one year of lifespan at most.
The Chaos Element was able to sense William's unique and much more powerful condition, condensing into the same shadowy purple and grey figure with pure white eyes that was a spitting image of William.
It opened its mouth and spouted a few words, which were once again inaudible because of the Soun Element. This time, however, the time-slowing effect of his Fitness Talent allowed William to read each syllable of the Chaos Elemental figure's lips.
"You. Can. Not. Contain. Me." it said.
"Contain you?" William asked, but no words could leave his throat. The Sound Element seemed to have complete control over his motionless body, which had become much stronger, but the Sound Element was just as effective as before.
The Chaos Element responded to William's silent question, mouthing words of its own.
"I'm. Not. Your. Servant."
"My servant? You're my Element, sure, but..." William's mouth was forced closed by tendrils of Plant roots before he could finish his sentence. The Chaos Element seemed to become angry as the Time and Death Domains opened, doing their best to age William one year at a time.
-Your age has increased by one: 354 years
Two hours passed in the same stalemate, the only effective Elements doing their best to damage William's body, but unable to cause much significant damage before being forced to give up.
Only after a final System Message went through did the unruly Elements finally recede into William's body, sealing his Magic ability for an unknown length of time.
-Your age has increased by one: 355 years